An absurd notion suddenly crossed Boss Zhou’s mind: he felt just like Emperor Shao of Han, having invited Dong Zhuo into the capital to deal with the Ten Attendants. In the end, the eunuchs were gone, but Dong Zhuo had turned into a threat himself. To make matters worse, it seemed he was also his own Yuan Shao, the one who had suggested the idea in the first place.
"Pleasure doing business with you."
Hou Yong shook hands with him happily.
"So, when will the payment for the second batch of sales arrive?"
Having already decided to move forward with the partnership, Boss Zhou immediately suppressed those chaotic thoughts and turned to align himself with Hou Yong.
"Three to five days. It won't delay your end of things."
Before coming to see Boss Zhou, Hou Yong had already been in contact with Director Zhao. Old Zhao no longer had his heart in the factory; all his focus was on the sales of the Medicated Soap. After seeing the second batch of soap Hou Yong had stored in the warehouse, he had gone back to talk to his old friends. Hou Yong didn't know the exact details of those conversations.
But the word had come back: Director Zhao had already collected the final payment from the first batch and brought along the deposit for the second. Hou Yong had given a heads-up beforehand that the deposit for the second batch must be at least fifty percent of the wholesale price. Hou Yong had no idea how many people Director Zhao had contacted, but he had managed to secure such a large sum wi…
Chapter 116